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HRANA – Since March 2026, Iran has witnessed a sharp escalation in executions on political and security-related charges, as 40 people were executed between March 18 and June 3.

In response to this surge, Spreading Justice examined the officials and institutions responsible for facilitating these executions. While such executions continue beyond the reporting period, this report focuses on the two months between March 18 and May 18, 2026, during which at least 32 individuals were executed following grossly unfair trials. The youngest among them, Amirhossein Hatami, was only 18 years old. Although limited in its temporal scope, the findings reflect a broader and ongoing pattern, with executions on political and security-related charges continuing at an alarming pace.

A significant number of those executed were accused of involvement in the January 2026 protests, known as the Dey Protests, which began on December 28, 2025, and rapidly spread across the country amid widespread public anger over economic collapse, corruption, and state repression. Demonstrations continued for weeks despite a violent regime crackdown involving mass arrests and the widespread use of lethal force, resulting in the deaths of at least 7,00 7 individuals in conduct likely amounting to crimes against humanity. The same period also saw the highest recorded number of forced confessions in recent years, surpassing 350 documented cases.

Others executed during this period were accused of involvement in the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests or alleged activity connected to the 12-day war with Israel in June 2025.

Comparatively, according to HRA documentation, between March 18 and May 18, 2025, a total of 198 individuals were executed in Iran, compared to 65 executions during the same period in 2026. However, only 8 individuals were executed on political and security-related charges in 2025, underscoring the sharp escalation in the use of executions as a tool of political repression in 2026.

Spreading Justice has identified the judicial authorities responsible for issuing these arbitrary death sentences. These individuals have long-standing records of involvement in violations of the right to life and the systematic denial of fair trial guarantees Among them, Judge Iman Afshari has played a particularly central role. During this same period, Afshari sentenced at least eight individuals to death on political and security-related charges, including:

• Ehsan Hosseinipour Hessarlou ( Sentence upheld)
• Matin Mohammadi ( Sentence upheld)
• Erfan Amiri ( Sentence upheld)
• Maryam Hodavand ( Sentence upheld)
• Mohammadreza Majidi-Asl ( Sentence overturned)
• Bita Hemmati ( Sentence overturned)
• Behrouz Zamaninejad
• Kourosh Zamaninejad

Afshari is also implicated in at least six additional cases outlined below that resulted in arbitrary executions.

The following list includes 14 individuals who were executed between March 18 and May 18, 2026, in connection with their participation in the January 2026 Dey Protests.

	Victim	Individuals Involved in Violations of the Right to Life
	Mehdi Ghasemi Age: Not specified Date of Execution: March 19, 2026 Charge: Moharebeh through use of a bladed weapon in unlawful gatherings leading to the killing of law enforcement agents; operational action for Israel and the United States; inciting people to war and murder	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Saleh Mohammadi Age: 19 Date of Execution: March 19, 2026 Charge: Moharebeh through use of a bladed weapon in unlawful gatherings leading to the killing of law enforcement agents; operational action for Israel and the United States; inciting people to war and murder	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Saeed Davoudi Age: Not specified Date of Execution: March 19, 2026 Charge: Moharebeh through use of a bladed weapon in unlawful gatherings leading to the killing of law enforcement agents; operational action for Israel and the United States; inciting people to war and murder	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Amirhossein Hatami Age: 18 Date of Execution: April 2, 2026 Charge: Moharebeh through participation in operational activities against national security for Israel, the United States, and opposition groups	Abolghasem Salavati Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Mohammad-Amin Biglari Age: 19 Date of Execution: April 5, 2026 Charge: Moharebeh through participation in operational activities against national security for Israel, the United States, and opposition groups	Abolghasem Salavati Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Shahin Vahedparast Age: 30 Date of Execution: April 5, 2026 Charge: Moharebeh through participation in operational activities against national security for Israel, the United States, and opposition groups	Abolghasem Salavati Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Ali Fahim Age: 23 Date of Execution: April 6, 2026 Charge: Moharebeh through participation in operational activities against national security for Israel, the United States, and opposition groups	Abolghasem Salavati Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Amirali Mirjafari Age: 24 Date of Execution: April 21, 2026 Charge: Operational action for the Israeli regime and hostile governments; collaboration with Mossad-linked networks; arson and destruction of public property	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Erfan Kiani Age: Not specified Date of Execution: April 25, 2026 Charge: Moharebeh through use of a bladed weapon to intimidate the public and participate in destruction of public property	Revolutionary Court of Isfahan Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Sasan Azadvar Junaqani Age: 21 Date of Execution: April 30, 2026 Charge: Moharebeh (enmity against God)	Seyed-Mahmoud Kazem Zadeh Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Mehdi Rasouli Age: 25 Date of Execution: May 3, 2026 Charge: Operational activities against national security for Israel, the United States, and opposition groups	Gholamreza Akbari Moghadam Ghasem Mazinani Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Ebrahim Dolatabadi Age: Not specified Date of Execution: May 3, 2026 Charge: Moharebeh and leading the protests	Gholamreza Akbari Moghadam Ghasem Mazinani Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Mohammadreza Miri Age: 21 Date of Execution: May 3, 2026 Charge: Operational activities against national security for Israel, the United States, and opposition groups	Gholamreza Akbari Moghadam Ghasem Mazinani Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Mohammad Abbasi Age: Not specified Date of Execution: May 13, 2026 Charge: Moharebeh (enmity against God)	Abolghasem Salavati Seyyed Kazem Sadati Firuzabad Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad

During this period, 18 individuals were also executed on political and security-related charges. However, these charges were not connected to the January protests. Instead, these individuals were executed for their alleged involvement in the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests and alleged activity during the 12-day war with Israel.

	Victim	Individuals Involved in Violations of the Right to Life
	Kourosh Keyvani Age: Not specified Date of Execution: March 18, 2026 Charge: Espionage for Israel	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Akbar Daneshvar-Kar Age: 59 Date of Execution: March 30, 2026 Charge: Baghi (armed rebellion) through membership in opposition groups	Iman Afshari Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Seyed Mohammad Taghavi-Sangdehi Age: 60 Date of Execution: March 30, 2026 Charge: Baghi (armed rebellion) through membership in opposition groups	Iman Afshari Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Babak Alipour Age: Not specified Date of Execution: March 31, 2026 Charge: Baghi (armed rebellion) through membership in opposition groups	Iman Afshari Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Pouya Ghobadi Age: Not specified Date of Execution: March 31, 2026 Charge: Baghi (armed rebellion) through membership in opposition groups	Iman Afshari Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Abolhassan Montazer Age: 68 Date of Execution: April 4, 2026 Charge: Baghi (armed rebellion) through membership in opposition groups	Iman Afshari Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Vahid Baniamerian Age: 34 Date of Execution: April 4, 2026 Charge: Baghi (armed rebellion) through membership in opposition groups	Iman Afshari Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Mohammad Masoum Shahi Age: Not specified Date of Execution: April 20, 2026 Charge: Moharebeh, cooperation with a hostile state, assembly and collusion against national security, and membership in a group with intent to disrupt national security	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Hamed Validi Age: 45 Date of Execution: April 20, 2026 Charge: Moharebeh, cooperation with a hostile state, assembly and collusion against national security, and membership in a group with intent to disrupt national security	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Mehdi Farid Age: 55 Date of Execution: April 22, 2026 Charge: Efsad-e fel-arz (corruption on earth) through cooperation with Israel	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Soltanali Shirzadi Fakhr Age: Not specified Date of Execution: April 23, 2026 Charge: Cooperation with Israel and moharebeh	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Amer Ramesh Age: 22 Date of Execution: April 26, 2026 Charge: Baghi (armed rebellion) and membership in an armed opposition group	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Mehrab Abdollahzadeh Age: 28 Date of Execution: May 2, 2026 Charge: Corruption on Earth	Ghorban Shahini Seyyed Kazem Sadati Firuzabad Ghasem Mazinani Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Yaghoub Karimpour Age: Not specified Date of Execution: May 2, 2026 Charge: Distributing information and images of military sites. Manufacturing sounds bombs, and field cooperation with Mossad Officers	Sajjad Doosti Ghasem Mazinani Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Naser Bekrzadeh Age: 26 Date of Execution: May 2, 2026 Charge: Espionage for Israel	Ghorban Shahini Seyyed Kazem Sadati Firuzabad Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Erfan Shakourzadeh Age: Not specified Date of Execution: May 11, 2026 Charge: Spying for CIA and The Mossad	Abolghasem Salavati Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Abdoljalil Shahbakhsh Age: 24 Date of Execution: May 12, 2026 Charge: Baghi (armed rebellion) through armed attacks on law enforcement facilities and membership in the insurgent group Ansar al-Furqan	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad
	Ehsan Afrashteh Age: Not specified Date of Execution: May 13, 2026 Charge: Spying for Israel	Abolghasem Salavati Seyyed Kazem Sadati Firuzabad Ghasem Mazinani Sheykh Abbasali Alizade Baygi Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri Mohammad Movahediazad